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Emma Doughty

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Genomicist 🧬 at the intersection of bioinformatics 💻, epidemiology🫂 and global public health 🌍

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Sequity @sequity.bsky.social · 10d

Genomic data is powerful only when reliable.

The 6Cs of quality—completeness, continuity, collinearity, correctness, contamination, concordance—show where things go wrong and how errors ripple downstream.

Check out our latest blog post to learn more:

A Genomic Data Quality Framework: The 6Cs and Downstream Consequences

This Genomic Data Quality Framework provides a basis for genomic quality control and laboratory process improvement

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks, Marc! I really appreciate your support

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks, Arnoud! I’ve been doing similar work in lots of different contexts already, but Sequity is an exciting new challenge. And training has become my forte over the years - I’ve long lost count of the workshops I’ve led!

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Aug 14

I’m deeply passionate about this, and I can’t wait to share more over the coming weeks.
👉 Follow @sequity.bsky.social for updates
👉 Message me if you’re curious

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Aug 14

Whether you’re starting your first project or scaling to many thousands of samples per month, we work shoulder-to-shoulder with you to define genomics strategy, build resources, train staff, and make it happen.

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Aug 14

That’s why I’m launching Sequity- your partner to turn genomics goals into real, impactful outcomes, in a way that’s both accessible and sustainable.

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Aug 14

I’ve got something exciting to share. After years of working with labs around the world, I’m starting something new!

I’ve seen how many labs want to do more with genomics, but the path forward isn’t always clear. The process is complex, and without the right guidance, it’s easy to get stuck.

At the top there is a map of the world showing pins and illustrations of hospitals and laboratories. The text reads

SEQUITY MAKES GENOMICS WORK FOR YOU
Developing solutions that work with your unique lab, challenges and epidemiology
CONTEXT-DRIVEN
Delivering outcomes aligned with your objectives
GOAL-ORIENTED

This image is text only. This reads,
YOUR PARTNER FOR GENOMICS SUCCESS
STRATEGY
Figuring out what will work in your unique context
RESOURCES
Developing everything- from bioinformatics workflows to SOPs
TRAINING
Ensuring you have the knowledge and skills to deliver
ON-DEMAND SUPPORT
Ongoing support through the day-to-day

An abstract image at the bottom shows scientists working through a process, generating ideas. The text at the top reads,
FROM IDEA TO IMPACT
END-TO-END SUPPORT
From study design to sample, wet lab, bioinformatic, and reporting

VALUED-OUTCOMES
Unlock information and real-world impact

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Joseph Marcus @josephmarcusid.medsky.social · Aug 1

Since it is that time of year:

One of the most rewarding parts of being faculty is paying forward mentorship with students, residents+ fellows for their research projects. So far, as 4th year faculty, I’ve mentored ~40 trainee projects (17 completed). Here are what I talk about at 1st meeting:

a man in a suit and bow tie stands in front of a table full of measuring cups and boxes that say in the name of science

ALT: a man in a suit and bow tie stands in front of a table full of measuring cups and boxes that say in the name of science

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Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Jun 23

Answer: Countries that are high on the Welcoming Countries Rankings and where logistics would be great for hosting conferences. 🙏

Nature @nature.com · Jun 22

An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. Where should you hold your next conference?

https://go.nature.com/3ZD4GAK

Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?

Nature - An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · May 27

Amazing work from our colleagues in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and elsewhere, making the first sequences available from the ongoing Mpox epidemic in Sierra Leone.

More to come - for now, head over to @pathoplexus.org:

pathoplexus.org/seqsets/PP_S...

Pathoplexus | SeqSets

Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.

pathoplexus.org

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · May 22

The spread of Mpox in Sierra Leone is unlike anything we have ever seen - and we have been keeping an eye on this bug in the region for >15 years.

Given geographical spread, 50/50 men vs women, this is no "sexual network".

This could be the next one.

clt.npha.gov.sl/outbreak.aspx

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · May 22

Really pleased to see this! Helps to address such a critical question for genomic interpretation

Well done, @katholt.bsky.social et al!

Kat Holt @katholt.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to share the first beta release of AMRrules at #ABPHM! (Poster 42 tonight)
interpretamr.github.io/AMRrules

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · May 20

It's official: the #PandemicAccord is officially adopted by the World Health Assembly!

My warmest congratulations to @who.int Member States for their commitment to keeping their people and the world safer.

What a moment in global health history. Together!

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · May 9

All the best, Alan. Your leadership at MK had a huge impact, both on the scale of national testing and for all the other folks in the lab during pretty tough times. I was glad to be there with you. Thank you for making your voice heard in the inquiry

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Andrew Rambaut @arambaut.bsky.social · Mar 21

Have said before that conference organisers when deciding on a host country should consider how easy it is for people to get visas (particularly for those from the Global South). For example, applying for a Canadian visa from the UK takes 344 days (www.canada.ca/en/immigrati...).

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Kyra Freestar @kyrafreestar.bsky.social · Mar 9

Hello, I'm always trying to spread the word about the Academic Editing Circle, which organizes professional editors to volunteer time for Black and/or Indigenous scholars.

I can't promise that a volunteer can donate time for a whole book-length dissertation, but maybe we can help.

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Mar 1

A must-read for anyone doing Global North-South work: Ways to level the highly unequal playing field

"the African academic is spending
their precious time contributing to your success. How are you contributing to theirs?"

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Feb 28

Fantastic read.A compelling behind the scenes look of realities that scholars based in Africa face when collaborating w colleagues based in the Global North. Also offers advice on building more ethical collaborations.
For everyone in global collaborative research.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“My Flight Arrives at 5 am, Can You Pick Me Up?”: The Gatekeeping Burden of the African Academic

Over the past decade, there has been increased awareness and discourse around the inequalities which structure North–South academic collaboration. The purpose of this discussion is to look at the o...

www.tandfonline.com

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Feb 25

As more Global North countries swing towards the far right & openly become anti-immigrant, global health is even more a field for those with visa privilege

www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Passport And Visa Privileges In Global Health

The field of global health is extraordinarily unequal, with privileged people and institutions in the global North dominating all aspects of global health. One form of privilege, the passports and vis...

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Feb 26

Trump's actions seem to be having a knock-on effect all over the place

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer slashes aid to fund major increase in defence spending

Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cuts

www.theguardian.com

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Sara Rouhi @rouhiroo.bsky.social · Feb 25

Another is to support getting journals into local, high quality networks like @scielo.org. Resources like Redalyc (Mexico), TCC Africa, etc. We shouldn't force non-English communities to index in "our" indices. #r2rconf

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thanks, Sara. This is great. Are there any resources you can point to for providing this expertise on indexing?

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Feb 25

That's a lot of underheard important voices, and a lot of neglected areas of research/neglected populations. What do you think we can do to increase the visibility across these areas?

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Feb 18

Landmark paper claxon!

'Evaluating the economic and health impact of proactive genomic epidemiology in a hospital setting'

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Significant savings associated with proactive genomic epidemiology.

Figure 6:
Overall annual potential savings and costs by use of the proactive genomic epidemiology approach
The health economic assessment uncovered yearly net cost savings of approximately € 1·25 million if initiated IPC measures completely halt transmission of clinical isolates after the second patient. The reduction in costs is due to a lower rate of costs for non-MDRO (red) and MDRO (blue) infections, respectively as well as colonization with MDRO (green). The costs for non-MDRO infections (red) are made up of the additional days a patient has to spend in hospital due to the infection (7·8 days), multiplied by the costs per patient for an additional day in hospital (€325). The costs for the colonization with MDRO (green) is composed of the average number of days a patient spends in the hospital (4·6 days), multiplied by the extra-costs incurred per patient per day for the isolation of the patient (€325). The cost for MDRO infections (blue) results from the average number of days a patient with an MDRO infection has to spend in hospital (7·8 days) multiplied by the additional costs incurred per day by a patient with an MDRO infection (€650).

Emma Doughty @emmadoughty.bsky.social · Feb 17

Jeez, Alan. Don't remind me!